Dahe

I've just returned from visiting Jesse Dallas - a volunteer living in Dahe near Lake Aheme (southwestern Benin). Jesse has a great garden and beekeeping project out in the bush. It was wonderful to spend some time in a quiet village setting, and it's got me jonesin' to head up north to my post.

quiet fishing village

the idylic scenery belies the fact that life is increasingly difficult here. sedimentation and overfishing have left meager fish populations and hungry locals

beach hoodlums

hand-carved pirroges: crooked tree = crooked boat